<p>This whole thing is so confusing. I’m also one of the conditional pharmacy people left hanging. It just doesn’t seem fair for me to get nothing with a 1470 SAT (33 ACT).</p>
<p>I totally understand your feeling. The decision is in Pitt’s hands and hopefully good news will come your way. </p>
<p>It does seem that Pitt favors OOS students. The OOS tuition rate is almost triple what it would cost for my son to attend our state flagship. We certainly would not have sent him to Pitt without the scholarship as it would not have made sense financially.</p>
<p>On the facebook group for the class of 2014, someone posted under the pharmacy thread on the discussion board that conditional pharmacy students will be receiving scholarship notification last this year. He apparently called OAFA and asked about this. I guess this gives some hope to those still left waiting… :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the news pinknpreppy216- my d has been waiting for 2 months too. It’s not fun.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how the top 5% works for scholarships? I have a 35 ACT and am in the top 5.1% or something really close to 5%. Would I still be considered for full tuition?</p>
<p>No worries, pineapple4. Top 5% is suggested, and being in the top 5.1% is equally amazing. Plus, they will love your ACT score :)</p>
<p>pineapple: You’re definitely in the running. View the results thread and you’ll see lots of exceptions.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* School: Arts and Sciences-Neuroscience
- SAT: 670 CR 780 M 650 W–2100
- SAT IIs: US History: 750, Math II 760
- GPA: 4.65
- Rank: 1/693
- Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Good but who knows?
- Teacher Recs: Excellent
- Counselor Rec: Counselor stated it’s the longest one he’s written.
- Hook (if any): Legacy. Also science/math interests coupled with a long history of dance.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country:PA
- School Type:Urban
- Ethnicity:White
- Gender:Female
</code></pre>
<p>Accepted to the Honors College. This is my daughter’s safety school.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! Just got my letter today yay :)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 780 M / 750 CR / 760 W
SAT IIs: 740 Chem, 800 US Hist, 650 French
GPA: 94/100 unweighted, 96/100 weighted
Rank: school does not rank
Other stats: rigorous courseload- mainly honors/AP</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: not my best
Teacher Recs: good? hopefully haha
Counselor Rec: probably very good
Hook (if any): first generation perhaps</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: competitive public HS
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: female </p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Anxiously awaiting scholarship info! Hopefully I will not have to heavily burden my family with huge college costs :/</p>
<p>^Ah, A fellow New Jerseyan! I’m very positive you’ll get full-tuition with those stats.</p>
<p>NJ represent! 
Full tuition would be fantastic</p>
<p>Under other stats: I should have listed 11 AP courses</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>School: Arts and Sciences-PREMED</li>
<li>SAT: 800 CR 800 M 780 W–2380</li>
<li>SAT IIs: BIO-M: 770, Math II 800</li>
<li>GPA: 3.77/4.59</li>
<li>Rank: school doesn’t rank</li>
<li>Other stats: AP SCORES
Biology - 5
Calculus BC - 5
Statistics - 5
World History - 5
English Language - 5
Psychology - 5
Computer Science AB - 5
NSL -4</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none </li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country:MD</li>
<li>School Type:Urban</li>
<li>Ethnicity:White</li>
<li>Gender:Male</li>
</ul>
<p>DO YOU GUYS KNOW HOW AND WHEN WE GET THE APPLICATION FOR THE GUARANTEED GRAD SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE PROGRAMS?</p>
<p>^ Last year it took a few weeks to get the med school guarantee app (it was a letter). The invite is apparently through email this year so keep checking your inbox.</p>
<p>DS was accepted–his first acceptance! For the still hopeful:</p>
<p>SAT - M:750, CR:700, W:630
ACT - 31 (32 superscored–not sure if Pitt superscores)
GPA - 3.27w</p>
<p>AP Macro Econ - 4
AP Language - 4</p>
<p>Rigor of Coursework - nearly strongest/strongest available
EC’s - Strong, but not spectacular
Sent strong essay, strong recommendation letters from principal and physics teacher, sent strong 1st quarter grades that continue upward trend, showed lots of love.
OOS
Hook: none</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1 of 309
AP scores: AP Chem-4
AP English Language- 5
4 more this year</p>
<p>Subjective</p>
<p>Essays: pretty good I think
Recommendations: No idea, I didn’t look at them
Hook: None</p>
<p>Location/ Person</p>
<p>State or Country: ND
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Applied for the Chancellor’s Scholarship, I’m really nervous about that. Wondering about the med-school guarantee… not sure if I qualify since they have me as a Chemistry major</p>
<p>^ I remember on the app when I applied they said to put Pre-Med or Bioengineering as a major to indicate interest in the program. If you’re not sure, ask.</p>
<p>schrizto ~ Are you in guarantee Medical scool program ?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 770 M 780 CR 690 W
SAT IIs: 730 Math II, 760 Physics, 790 US History
ACT: 35
GPA: 3.83 uw
Rank: 30/600ish
Other stats: 6 APs by the end of senior year</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: decent essay
Teacher Recs: I assume very good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): OOS i guess</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Other Factors:
General Comments: School of Engineering (Engineering Physics) </p>
<p>just waiting on the money</p>
<p>Based on our experience I see money in your future pineapple - CONGRATS</p>